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Cuba's provinces, 1879 to 1976 Cuba's provinces on a 1910s map. The provinces were created in 1879 by the Spanish colonial government. From 1879 to 1976, Cuba was divided into six provinces, which maintained with little changes the same boundaries and capital cities, although with modifications in official names.
The provinces of Cuba are divided into 168 municipalities (Spanish: municipios).They were defined by Cuban Law Number 1304 of July 3, 1976 [1] and reformed in 2010 with the abrogation of the municipality of Varadero and the creation of two new provinces: Artemisa and Mayabeque in place of former La Habana Province.
Centro Habana is one of the 15 municipalities or boroughs (municipios in Spanish) in the city of Havana, Cuba.A chinatown - Barrio Chino - is also located in this district. It is a smaller municipality of Havana, and it has the highest population density.
The Russian embassy in Miramar Playa La Concha The church "Jesus de Miramar" on Quinta Avenida in Miramar Miramar is a residential district ( zona residencial ) of the municipality of Playa , in the city of Havana .
Zalesie Górne [zaˈlɛɕɛ ˈɡurnɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Piaseczno, within Piaseczno County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. [1] It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) south-east of Piaseczno and 19 km (12 mi) south of Warsaw .
Manzanillo was founded in 1784. [4] [5] The settlement was sacked by the French in 1792, and in the following year a fort was built for its protection. [5]In 1833 it received an ayuntamiento (council) and in 1837, for its "loyalty" in not following the lead of Santiago in proclaiming the Spanish Constitution, received from the crown the title of Fiel. [5]
Las Tunas was part of the Oriente province, until that province was divided into five smaller provinces in 1975.. In the same year, a large development program was started to modernize the town of Las Tunas and connect it by road to Havana.
Parque La represa, a 1 square kilometre (0.39 sq mi) park developed around the original house built for Batista’s wife Martha. Placed on the banks of River Vega Grande, there is an arboretum with more than 300 exotic species. The highest and oldest mahogany ever found in Cuba lives in this place.